Attend a press conference to empower the community, demand leadership,
and
provide a public forum for the community to express their perspective
about
the A’s moving out of Oakland.

OAKLAND, CA. The “Keep the A’s in Oakland” community is tired of
waiting
for visionary leadership and integrity, and angered at the profit
driven
desire by a billionaire owner (John S. Fisher) to dislodge their
community
asset and resource—The A’s.

The community is holding a press
conference
to activate the community, and demand integrity and communication from
City
leaders and the A’s ownership group.

The press conference will be held
on
Tuesday, November 14, 2006, from 6:00-7:00 PM at the Uptown Bar and
Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph (at 19th), in downtown Oakland.

Below are the requests and demands that will be elaborated on at the
press
conference:

1. Call for Managerial Integrity: In light of the Million$ of current
profit garnered this past year, can Lew Wolff and John Fisher defend
the
potential damage resulting to the cultural fabric of Oakland by tearing
the
A's out of Oakland?

2. Call for Civic Leadership: If such a move as planned by Lew Wolff
and
John Fisher is executed upon, our leaders owe the community an
explanation
for their actions, or lack thereof, and what-if anything- they will
commit
to in the near future. We request this critical item be agendized at
the
City Council level, the County level, and at the Association of Bay
Area
Governments (ABAG), as soon as possible so that the highest and best
plan
possible for the A's can be coordinated and advanced.

3. Call for Community Empowerment: The Keep the A’s in Oakland
community
has created a $250K urban design for the current location. Come see
for
yourself what can be invented if the community is allowed to have a
voice in
the decision-making process. This solution will highlight real estate
development, the leveraging of Enterprise Zone funds, low interest
federal
bonds and provide ample assistance for Lew Wolff and John Fisher to use
as
help for financing their development. The bottom-line question for
everyone
is: Can we do it right so that everyone wins?

4. Call for Corporate Responsibility: Can Lew Wolff and Billionaire
John
S. Fisher outline the terms and conditions necessary to keep the A's in
Oakland so that corporations such as Bayer, Pixar, Chiron, Chevron,
Clorox,
(etc.) and the Chambers of Commerce of Oakland and other East Bay
cities can
lend their support?

Request to the Oakland / East Bay region Community:
Help empower the community to get into action: please go to
keeptheasinoakland.com
get on the email list, and be prepared to show up for city council
meetings
as we invent a future for the A’s.

Please cover this Community event. Any and all assistance will be
greatly
appreciated. The event will begin promptly at 6:00 PM with our
demands and
requests, and will complete by 7:00 PM at the Uptown, 1928 Telegraph
Ave
downtown Oakland.

For more information, contact Robert Limon at
chooseorloseoakland@yahoo.com